u.s. cracked the north korea crisis the u.s. secretary of state gets a warm welcome from his chinese counterpart to find out what chance they have of bringing kim jong un's rogue states to heel also coming up. confrontation in catalonia as the independence referendum approaches rallies take place in both madrid and barcelona to opals the sunday's vote of the catalonian government insists the vote will go ahead. and in the wonderous legal battle plan and hamburg's inability to score has cost them points can tonight's match spark life into their tax. money welcome to the program growing tension between the u.s. and north korea is at the top of the agenda in meetings between chinese officials and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson now to listen is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterparts wang ye and with president xi jinping the u.s. feels china is crucial to attempts to stop north korea developing nuclear weapons china has strong economic ties with pyongyang accounting for around ninety percent of its foreign trade. and for more let's bring in correspondent stephen barr aw

result of a nuclear. u.s. security services diplomatic outpost in san francisco and washington after they were shot down on the state department's orders. to the inspections as a clear violation of international law. and example. state leaves behind a booby trap. driven out of the city of by the iraqi army here on r.t. international we'll have an exclusive report from the ground. just passing and o'clock on sunday morning here in moscow thanks for joining us here on our international you're in time for the weekly the top headlines of the week the main headline today. an earthquake measuring around six on the richter scale has been detected in north korea raising speculation the country's carried out a nuclear test so far there's been no confirmation from pyongyang itself. was before the incident north korea's central news agency issued a report claiming the country has developed an advanced hydrogen bomb the earthquake took place in the country's northeastern province and was felt in russia's far east. deval stalk well we're going to discuss this with charlie a professor and dean of

waiting game on both sides of this border. plenty more ahead on the news hour including the u.s. pulling out more than half of its cuban embassy stuff after what are being called mysterious attacks on diplomats and questions raised over mexican construction standards after last week's powerful earthquake. sports one of the most prolific partnerships in the history of the n.b.a. is about to be re-united. the u.s. health secretary has resigned after a scandal over his use of private jets home prices quote after it was revealed that taxpayers will have to food bills of around four hundred thousand dollars for his trips alan fischer reports from washington. tom price may have gotten his annual flu jab but he couldn't protect himself from the president's anger donald trump give a broad hint the health and human services secretary time in charge would soon be over a very fine man but we're going to we're going to make a decision sometime and i know he's resigned even though twenty four hours before he thought he could still save his job we're going to work through this and. i think we still go

evidence of alleged russian meddling in the twenty six thousand election. and the u.s. state department pulls over half of their staff out of cuba after a string of attacks against nearly two dozen americans. it's friday september twenty ninth four pm in washington d.c. i'm manila chan you're watching our team america. twitter has a new report on how it says it battled alleged russian meddling in the twenty six thousand presidential election and this network r.t. came up in that report and twitter revealed to congress that r.t.e. promote itself through tweets and social media posts to the united states just like any other news outlet go figure r.t. and daniel hawkins have that story just when you thought the russian presidential election hacking saugor was coming to a finish a new chapter emerges and this time it's what about social media twitter have released a report to the senate which was investigating those russian on the day sions in the document they talk about troll accounts blogs accounts that were described as malicious much money that accounts and spam now they fou

boosting its defenses after a weekend flyover by u.s. bombers. refugees are moved from an australian run prison camp to the u.s. controversial resettlement plan. and the push to get rid of the plants that produce cocaine in colombia. remain suspicious. three members of the israeli security forces have been killed and one injured in a shooting in israeli settlement in the occupied west bank the palestinian gunman was shot dead israeli a media say that he opened fire after arriving with palestinian laborers at the settlement of. jerusalem let's take you live now to that settlement in the occupied west bank al-jazeera is harry force that is there what more can you tell us about this incident. just moved inside the area of the settlement itself the security gate which you can see behind me where the attack took place a little before seven a.m. local time so about five hours ago the attacker was with a group of palestinian day laborers who regularly come here here indeed we hear from residents here was a familiar face someone that people inside the settlement knew a thirty seven year old

officers overseeing the deployment of the u.s. missed all defense system to counter the nuclear threat of children young. the largest american military base in afghanistan is targeted by a suicide bomber with the taliban saying it was in retaliation for an offensive leaflet distributed by the us army. i am angela merkel received a hostile reception on her election campaign trail as demonstrators in germany jeer and grow tomatoes during her latest lanny. and r.t. speaks to a russian bitcoin trader detained in a greek prison and wanted by the u.s. to open money laundering charges. i am. i and. this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital and the caring. and antiwar protest in south korea has seen dozens of people injured in clashes with police and many more arrested demonstrators were trying to block a convoy of rocket launchers for a controversial u.s. anti missile system known guard. was. nearly four hundred pages activists turned out for the rally at the u.s. military base in strong jus a small farming village they were met by eight thousand security of

korean laborers abroad. the bill would incentivize greater compliance with u.s. sanctions by -- where certain countries with lax enforcement go to seek assistance. the bill's countries on notice. the proposed legislation has been informed by the committee's ongoing work on north korea as well as the u.n. panel of --erts evaluation of existing sanctions effectiveness. north korea's six tests on september 3 coupled with repeated launching of ballistic missiles undermines -- underlines that more must be done. legislative drafting we will be looking at laid out a choice. foreign banks can either do is get that benefits north korea, or they can do business with the united states. they cannot do both. as many of us here are aware, this is a similar approach taken to the one in 2010 against iran, which helped compel the ayatollah negotiate. while there are differences of opinion over how successful those negotiations were, there is consensus that in the absence of secondary sanctions affecting banks, it would've been less incentivized to engage in talks. a focus on banks is important given h

or greater from the u.s. geological survey in areas close to some of the reported nuclear facilities in north korea. then the follow-on development in that was, was this a test of some sort of nuclear device? some nuclear bomb? and then after that, about 10 or 15 minutes later, another report of a tremor, of a quake, in the 4.0 magnitude after that. so that is what came up within the last seven hours and why we are looking at what will be next, we expect in about 30 minutes at 2:30 a.m. eastern time an announcement from north korea. and as courtney kuby was telling us before, it is common that after such tests and claims have been made that they will then come to the cameras, come to the microphones, and articulate that which they are claiming in more detail. so we will be watching that, of course, at 2:30 a.m. richard engel now joins us on the phone right now. richard has been watching the developments in this story. and richard, what is it that you are gleaning from the information as you have been learning about the details that came out in the last bunch of hours? >> t

. promising a massive military response to any threat against the u.s. or its allies. >>> warm welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. we are live in atlanta. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm cyril vanier. it's a pleasure to have you in the atlanta news room. >>> we'll bring you more north korea in just a moment. first we want to bring you breaking news. cnn has learned president donald trump is expected to end an obama-era program that allows hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in the u.s. illegally as children to study and work in the country without fear of deportation. >> sources tell cnn the administration will give congress six months to come up with legislation to fix the problem -- the program, i should say, and possibly allow the undocumented immigrants to remain in the united states. now, mr. trump's decision won't be final until announced. that's expected on tuesday. the program is known as daca. that's shorthand for deferred action for childhood arrivals. these people are also known as dreamers. to qualify, they must

only on c-span3. >>> next, a look at how efforts to reduce the u.s. trade deficit could impact foreign partners and the global economy. speakers included a formal consultant from the office of the u.s. trade representative and member of the white house council of economic advisors. from the american enterprise institute, this is two hours. >>> we'll start again. good morning, ladies and gentlemen, i'm glad you're with us. i'm alex pollock from the r street institute. and we welcome you on trade deficits and the trump administration. it goes without saying debates about trade, tariffs, other barriers to trade, balance of trade and payments and shifts in foreign exchanges, whether the flee of gold in old bays or reserves nominated in fiat currencies now have a long and controversial history in domestics and in politics. these debates feature the famous and essential contrast between the interests of producers on one side and those of consumers on the other, abiding asymmetry and pressures for adjustment between countries with persistent deficits like the u.s. versus those with pe

korea u.s. president donald trump takes aim at north korea and iran in his first address to the u.n. calling in the sky of our planet. how can maria gain strength as it nears the u.s. virgin islands after leaving devastation in parts of the caribbean. and the first refugees are set to move from an australian run prison camp to the u.s. under a controversial plan. a powerful seven point one magnitude earthquake has hit mexico more than one hundred forty nine people are now confirmed dead at least twenty of them with school children well the earthquake happened shortly after one p.m. local time there publicist several buildings collapsed in and around mexico city under twenty kilometers away don estabrook reports. in mexico city survivors pick through buildings reduced to piles of broken concrete and dust searching for survivors the people they found were quickly carried away on stretchers eighty six kilometers south in cuernavaca parts of a road collapsed military trucks sped to the town center to help search for victims in several collapsed buildings. president enrique pena nieto su

russia u.s. relations and the ongoing events on the korean peninsula have we passed the point of no return. cross talking real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark silva older he's an international affairs and security a most we also have bitter or levity he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have alex chris afore he was the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you first here i guess this is the drama of tit for tat in u.s. russia relations why. close this consulate why search and where is this all where to come from and what is it going to lead to and what does the u.s. hope to accomplish ok well i mean we have to see where this all began back in december with obama's parthian shot in an attempt to sabotage the incoming. administration's campaign policy of detente with russia they kicked thirty five russian diplomats out of the country seized two russian diplomatic properties in t

support for the agreement, reservations about the agreement, concerned about u.s. policy or support for u.s. policy on the part of some of the main regional players. and i'm really delighted. i have three fabulous panelists to discuss these issues. first, we're going to hear from hussein, senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute in washington. arab gulf states. >> it's a modifier of the states, not the gulf. >> okay. okay, the arab gulf states that are across the persian gulf from iran. >> it doesn't say that either. it's neutral on the gulf. >> hussein is a longtime friend. i'm sure many of you have read his commentaries. he's truly an expert on the region. he's a weekly columnist with the national, which is based in the united arab emirates. he previously served as a senior fellow at the american task force on palestine, and communications director for the american arab anti-discrimination committee. then we're going to hear from another dear friend who is executive director of a foundation at washington, d.c. this is the turkish foundation which has been very act

question the u.s.' future influence in asia. richard mcgregor's new book considers the complex relationship between these three countries t is called asia's reckoning. richard mcgregor joins me now from washington. we are pleased to have him back on this program. good to see you. >> thanks for having me, jeff, terrific to be here. >> glor: you talk a lot, richard, about the concept of past american blanca how do you define that today and is it over? >> not over yet. i guess let me define it first, it is really america as both the dominant power in east asia since the second world war and also the sort of policy-making power in asia since the second world war. i mean let may give you an example. it's quite remarkable that 70 years after the war the u.s. still has troops in south korea, it still has troops in japan. it has troops in australia, it has all sorts of facilities in thailand, singapore, the philippines and the like. that's past americana, this interwoven sort of set of security guarantees that the u.s. provides for asia, east asia and has provided for 70 years. i guess

police inside a career in protest against the deployment of u.s. missile. forces prepare for the next stage of their liberation offensive in did. to the city about the civilian suffering. also to come here and see the. potential. refugee status just two weeks before elections in the parent attempt to win over votes in the. uk. good evening welcome you're watching international a rare interview with international media seen a north korean official has said america is undermining efforts to end. on the. the hole in the u.s. neglects the international community's will stablished peace on the korean peninsula pyongyang will retaliate against attempts to impose sanctions and pressure from washington with powerful counter measures with deeply condemn the leaders of south korea and japan for using the eastern economic forum for their own clean political purposes their attacks on our self defense of means strengthening the hydrogen capabilities of north korea clearly diverged from the goals of the forum where we discussed the topics of economic cooperation that was the head of the north korea

. seriously send us an e-mail. breaking news story russian diplomatic sites in the u.s. including russia's oldest consulate in san francisco have officially closed now by the u.s. state department. and shelves and cover doors these are the pictures that artie's rugby video agency filmed inside one of those now closed probably sees russia's trade mission in washington d.c. . the counterterrorism chief has revealed britain has the highest number of islam is the extremists in all of europe. was here out why. a member of the black yeah we only got black people right. and police lieutenant in the u.s. has been fired after this dash cam video showed him assuring a woman during a traffic stop the police only kill black people. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching our international trade mission in washington d.c. has now been officially closed to more diplomatic probably sees including russia's oldest consulate in san francisco will also be closed today and these are live pictures for you so the deadline is passed the building has now been cleared out in washin

iran nuclear agreement and implications of a potential shift in u.s. policy toward iran and the agreement. among the panelists, ambassadors from britain, france, and germany. this is live coverage on c-span3. >>> hello, greetings. when we launched this -- [ inaudible ] anticipated that u.s. relations with iran would become an ever more significant issue. that was both because of iran's crucial -- and was at the time a rapidly advancing nuclear program. two years ago, it seemed the nuclear issue had been dealt with, if primarily along partisan lines and not to the satisfaction of all through the joint comprehensive plan of action. while senior trump administration officials and other parties to the agreeme agreement -- president trump has expressed his displeasure with the terms. in the general assembly last week, he called it, quote, an embarrassment to the united states, end quote, and said the u.s. could not abide by an agreement, if quote, it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program, end quote. without yet saying what might be proposed or done, he tol

calibration. we look forward to the witness views as well as your views on how the u.s. can most effectively use its leverage to contain the alarming danger north korea presents. i reserve my time. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from washington. >> thank you for the time. thank you all for convening this important hearing. responding effectively to north korea's provocation will require a variety of tools. we have jurisdiction over sanctions opinion i believe it's important that we always keep the broader picture in mind as we work to perfect the discussion draft which has been put forward today. a regime that relies on force to stay in power. sanctions are make further north korean advances slower and more costly giving more times to other policy tools to work. i look forward to hearing from our distinguished witnesses about how this proposed draft fits into a larger strategy. my constituents in the south puget sound includes the service members are counting on us to respond to this crisis in a responsible manner. so too are our allies like south korea and japan. we cannot afford to

between the u.s. and north korea continue russia says it's working out a diplomatic solution to the crisis while the latest from moscow. everywhere it's from turkey and continuing military exercises a day after the kurdish secession referendum. i'm joining with the latest sports news including. as they take it easy collectively. to. build the solo crowded arizona the dallas cowboys kneel in unison before they game with the arizona cardinals and i hope players continue to react to controversial comments by u.s. president. a member. the israeli security forces have been killed and one injured in a shooting near a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank the palestinian gunman was shot dead israeli media say he opened fire after driving with palestinian laborers at the settlement of hearts are near jerusalem so harry fawcett joins us live from there and he's been gathering more information so harry what else we learned about what happened. well it took place just a few meters away from here at the gate we're on the inside of the gate at the edge of this settlement and we understand

open the first korea u.s. strategic form. at that time i remember the sound of anticipation we all had for the new president-elect, u.s. president-elect and the concerns and anxiety that we tored over then-president the republic of korea. as ambassador armitage just mentioned, many changes have ourrred, each requiring time and attention and credible analysis. i think we can all agree that another december forum was too long of a weight as we moved this one forward to september in water to address these critical issues at hand. i would like to draw your interest to several -- dry your attention to several boys of common interest. this year marks the 135th anniversary of the establishment of the korean u.s. to the many relationship in 1882. at a small port city on korean's western coast, people of the u.s. and korea had chosen an encounter each other as almost total strangers and finally signed the first agreement between our two countries. secondly, this year marks the fifth anniversary of the fta. that was after several years of negotiations. even after the deal was reached, five m

was a matter of public interest. the u.s. state department ordered the closure. along with. the move to take relations between moscow and washington to a whole new low and reacting to the move in the last russia's foreign minister gave the following response. well you know you're also funny us we're not seeking conflict with this country we've always been friendly towards the american people and we're still open to constructive relationships but as you know it takes two to tango now it looks like our american partners will break dancing on their own time after time i washington's are defining the move as a straight forward a return to diplomatic parity with moscow with details his jaclyn for. state department claims that this is not an anti russian move but simply a move towards parity and an attempt to avoid further escalation. the u.s. hopes that having moved toward russia's desire for parity we can avoid further retaliatory action soon move forward to achieve the stated goal of improved relations between our two countries but how these closures are meant to help the situation real

in the u.s. was poorly handled. one asked if he was disappointed in the u.s. president, putin said trump is "not my bride and i'm not his groom." u.s. ambassador to the u.n. says president trump might declare iran in the in formal violation of its nuclear deal with the west. and after nikki haley is detailing a litany of grievances against iran. she says if the president pulls the trigger on declaring iran in violation, it does not necessarily mean the u.s. will withdraw from the deal. >> it's a complicated question. the truth is the iran deal has so many thoughts that it's tempting to leave it. that the deal was constructed in a way that makes leaving it less attractive. >> bret: she says she does not know what the president will eventually decide. as we talked about, the also be sending more military equipment to south korea and japan. this, as the west waits for another anticipated north korean weapons test. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot in seoul, south korea, tonight. >> a north korean official promised more "gift packages" for the united states if it doesn't

focus more on people and less on bureaucracy positive words from u.s. president donald trump ahead of his first united nations general assembly. and this is al jazeera live from london coming up kurdish leaders in iraq say they'll push ahead with an independent state despite a supreme court ruling suspending next week's. facing starvation and disease in bangladesh we report on the dark conditions because. of the floods. back behind the microphone a shock appearance by the former white house press secretary charles brings down the house at the. hello u.s. president donald trump has made his debut at the united nations in new york where he pushed for reforms that would quote focus more people and less on bureaucracy president trump said the u.n. has not rich yet reached its potential because of mismanagement within the organization but a sharp contrast to his position on first becoming president trump promised the u.s. would partner with it to help it become a stronger and more effective folks the peace around the world. in recent years the united nations has not reached its full pot

mayor of san juan, puerto rico as an angry, desperate message for the u.s. president, as thousands on the i would are still stranded without food or water. these stories all ahead here and much more. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> the trump administration has lost another key player. u.s. health chief tom price resigned on friday. he was under fire for using private jets for official government business. when commercial flights would have been much cheaper for taxpayers. the resignation comes as the president is grappling with a huge natural disaster in puerto rico from hurricane maria. sara murray has our report. >> i'm not happy, okay? i can tell you, i'm not happy. >> reporter: president trump said accepting the resignation of health and human services secretary tom price. the bombshell announcement coming after days of mounting controversy, over price's travel on private jets. at a cost estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> it's not a question of confidence. i was d

how hard it is to get life saving medicines for patient necessary puerto rico. >>> and the u.s. government takes action after a wave of mysterious sonic attacks against diplomates in cuba. welcome the to our viewers here around the states and around the world. we're live in atlanta. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." our top story, u.s. president donald trump dealing with two major issues thweekend. one, the resignation of tom brice. price came under fire for using private jets to fly around the country when commercial jets would be much cheaper for taxpayers. then, there was the ongoing disaster had in puerto rico following hurricane maria 11 days ago. the president says the federal response has gone well but many puerto ricans are saying they've been waiting for help. our jeff zeleny takes a look at the latest casualty on mr. trump's team. >> the first member of president trump's cabinet is removed from that position. health and human services secretary tom price submitted his resignation late friday at the white house. president trump accepted it. this is all over

u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why is important. open to allion is middle school and high school students, grades six through 12. groups of up to three can produce a five to seven minute video. $100,000 will be awarded in cash prizes. of $5,000 will go to the student or team with the best entry. the deadline is january 18, 2018. help us spread the word to student film makers. for more information, go to our website. north korea's foreign minister responded to president trump's remarks about north korea's leader and reiterated the threat of the possible missile attack on the u.s. mainland. his remarks are just over 20 minutes. floor to his the excellency. minister of foreign affairs of the democratic post-republic of north korea. >> mr. president. me toof all, allow congratulate your excellency under election and the president of the 72nd united nations general assembly. forward to speaking undergird able guidance. before going into the main points in my debate, i feel forced to make comments on the four days ago given by the u.s. president. such trump uttered reck

america's seizure of russian diplomatic property with the u.s. state department facing up questions from journalists over the. diplomatic protocol you know what i don't know if you are one. of the worst diplomatic periods the country. the world story. in the war weary. after three years of brutal siege on a. situation. with germany's general election just over a fortnight away speaks to the country's foreign minister take stock of the campaign race. nine pm here this friday night your with our to international you know noni our top story this hour the u.s. state department has been facing a grilling over the closure of the russian consulate in san francisco even accuse journalists of sounding too much like artie. people writing programs are so what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that russian property or were those properties searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue i'm just not going to get into that let's let on this let's move on to something else here i

weapon yet, i had your bomb. it can mount on missiles that may be able to meet the u.s. welcome to news headquarters. i'm our cell. >> and i michael. the regime setting off a mac the blast in the northeast regain what south korea agency has called an artificial earthquake measured at 6.3 by the u.s. geological survey. the reportedly readily buildings in china and russia. pyongyang has been firing off record test at a record pace. the trump administration now threatening to strengthen the penalties. potentially cutting off all trade with any country that does business with the north. john roberts is live from the north lawn. >> good afternoon. about 45 minutes ago, and extra nursing from secretary of defense, james madison. the type of language i cannot remember hearing out of the u.s. officials mouth since the cuban missile crisis of october 1962. secretary madison the president gathered together a small group of national security advisors to hear the military options that might be available to deal with north korea. listen to what he said. >> we have many military options and pres

the threat of total instruction to north korea. u.s. president donald trump uses for speech before the un's general assembly to deliver his harshest warning yet to north korean leader kim jong-il. trump -- kim jong un. underneath it all, a message that the u.s. will always put its own interests first. reporter: donald trump is known for his bluster but his threat to obliterate north korea caught many observers offguard. >> the united states has great rength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. reporter: trump then slammed iran, saying it is a rogue state whose chief exports were violence, bloodshed and chaos. he called the deal with iran, which called many sanctions dropped in exchange for drops in the country's nuclear program, one of the worst the u.s. ever made. trump also stressed that national governments need to rely on themselves rather than urge the international community for help. in other words, america first. >> in america, the people govern, the people rule, and the people are sover

although our. nuclear crew. i. rush a summons the deputy chief of the u.s. embassy in moscow to protest plans to search the russian consulate in san francisco movie brands as illegal and aggressive. also. counter-terror has revealed that britain has the highest number of dismissed extremists in europe . i think it was if you're not why was a member of your like i'd like you here we all go black people right the. police lieutenant in the u.s. has been fired after a dash cam video shows him assuring a woman during a traffic stop the police only kill black people. good afternoon watching r.t. international is just turned four o'clock here in moscow russia has some of the deputy chief of the u.s. diplomatic mission in the country to express anger at the american security services intention to search a russian consulate moscow has described it as a clear act of aggression. we consider the planned illegal search of russian diplomatic premises in the absence of russian officials and the threat we have received to break down the door of the building is an unprecedented act of aggression

send out more u.s. diplomats working here and russia up to one hundred fifty five diplomats now this latest route between the two countries has been happening and the past few months russia says that it was not started by moscow but the u.s. administration both sides continued to say that they want to establish good relations but given the latest and precedented circumstances it is unclear whether it is still possible. a warship from russia's black sea fleet has made its first ponselle into the crimea bridge the current strait now the bridge is still under construction with the first of two central arches put in place just last week it's absolutely gigantic honesty to be completed next year it will connect the crimean peninsula with mainland rochelle's for the bottle ship it's heading to the city it's named after absolve to mark the ports nine hundred fiftieth anniversary. let's return to our breaking news this hour these are live pictures we have from protests taking place in saudi korea hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in an eastern province there to voice their opposit

the u.s. to the lowest level in nearly four decades plus. the president. and a ride down money laundering lane in the london bus toll that takes and properties legend brought by crooked and high profile nigerians. after winning a landslide in the succession referendum the government of iraq kurdish region has rejected baghdad's demand to hand over control of its airports ninety two percent of kurds who posted a ballot voted yes the results been announced despite a last minute appeal to cancel it by the iraqi prime minister john stratford reports from ever built. celebrations on the streets of appeal up to ninety two percent of voters said yes to secession from the kurdish region of northern iraq. the referendum is very important it will for my future and i hope at least that baghdad will eventually to be independent. with the federal government in baghdad has called the referendum on constitutional and he's refusing to even recognize the result that alone start negotiations with the kurdish regional government ok allergy of the future independence for iraq. events of the last f

that drive the headlines at this time on al-jazeera. in the war of words between the u.s. and north korea no sign that either side is willing to back down. i'm sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from also coming up. only celebrations in a big deal and across iraqi kurdistan but the way forward for iraq's kurds remains unclear. the first refugees to be resettled under a controversial strain ian policy leaves man a silent bound for the u.s. . we look at how the anti immigration f. the party gained a foothold in the german elections. south korea's yonhap news agency is reporting the north is boosting its defenses by deploying find the jets on its east coast north korea's foreign minister meanwhile accuse the us president of the clarion war on monday off the days of escalating tension with the us kathy novak reports from seoul. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister re young ho addressed reporters. last weekend trump claimed that at leadership wouldn't be around much longer and ends at last he declared a war no country or do you guys the more tha

expensive natural disaster in u.s. history. the relief bill is on track to go to president trump for his signature by friday, just ahead of hurricane irma's expected landfall in south florida. president trump traveled to north dakota wednesday to pitch a tax plan that would overwhelmingly favor the wealthiest americans, while touting his administration's role in slashing environmental protections and promoting the fossil fuel industry. trump made the remarks at an oil refinery in mandan, across the missouri river from the state capital bismarck. protectump: in order to american industry and workers, we withdrew the united states from the job killing paris climate accord. job killer. people have no idea. many people have no idea how bad that was. and right here in north dakota, the dakota access pipeline is finally open for business. amy: president trump also touted his move to re-authorize the keystone xl pipeline, which would carry more than 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from alberta, canada, to u.s. refineries. president trump struck a three-month deal wednesday with congres

what japan says happened on august 29th. no response from the u.s. or china, but clearly there's got to be lots of phone calls happening in the scene. therere getting news that are national security council being convened with south korea and japan. the show's out and saying this is an unacceptable situation to have another missile test of of course we are waiting for beijing. we are waiting for any response from washington to claim responsibility after this kind of event. threatening to sink japan, saying they were threatening to cast the u.s. into ashes and darkness, all of this in response into monday's u.n. sanctions. tokyo. go straight to chris, what has been the reaction of the latest in terms of the government response? chief have had the secretary come out say the latest publication is unacceptable. no indication there will be any further type of reaction. looks like we are following -- falling into the same pattern we have seen many times before so this is my -- not the first north korean missile to go over japan. overd an icbm launched july. it is so that the missile is fly

threats by u.s. president donald trump that washington may withdraw from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says tehran will not seek permission from any country to strengthen its defense capabilities. has more. on what these are iran's latest ballistic missile with a range of two thousand kilometers they can reach much of the middle east including israel during his speech president hassan rouhani defended his country's right to protect itself. no matter if you like it or not we will boost our defense and military power to the extent deemed necessary for deterrence we will not seek permission from anyone to defend our. tree and our land. that's likely to cause more anger at the white house president donald trump called iran iraq nation during his address at the u.n. this week and has threatened to withdraw from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement frankly that deal is an embarrassment to the united states and i don't think you've heard the last of it believe me it is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that iran's government and

this is d.w. news live from berlin their buddies in beijing it seems but will china and the u.s. crack the north korea crisis the u.s. secretary of state gets a warm welcome from his chinese counterpart and tillerson says the u.s. is in contact with north korea also coming up. confrontation in catalonia as the independence referendum approaches rallies take place and both madrid and barcelona to oppose sunday's vote for the catalonian government insist that the vote will go ahead. and in the bundesliga better braman and hamburg's inability to score has cost them points can tonight's match spark life into their attacks. i'm happy quite often welcome to the program u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. is in contact with north korea over its nuclear weapons program and is probing the country's willingness to talk tillerson made the remarks in beijing where he's held meetings centering on north korea and trade the u.s. use china as crucial to attempts to stop nor. korea developing nuclear weapons china has strong economic ties with the anyang accounting for about nine

coming up in the next sixty minutes and the war of words between the u.s. and north korea no sign that either side is willing to back down. across an iraqi kurdistan but the way forward for iraq's kurds remains unclear. i've got a daughter you have to live in this world the route between u.s. president donald trump and american professional athletes continues. and from texas to the caribbean the struggle to recover from a devastating series of hurricanes. north korea's foreign minister has accused u.s. president donald trump of declaring war and says his country now has the right to shoot down american warplanes the accusation is in response to a tweet by trump that north korea's leadership quote won't be around much longer unquote if it continues its rhetoric diplomatic editor james bays has more. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister really young ho addressed reporters with a statement that further ramps up the tension with the u.s. . last weekend trump claiming that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and hence at last he declared a wa

us an e-mail. russia summons the deputy chief of the u.s. embassy in moscow to protest plans to search russian diplomatic sites in america remove the browns illegal and aggressive. at the shelves and corridors these are the latest pictures we're getting from russia's trade mission in washington d.c. it's one of three russian premises in the u.s. that the state department has ordered to close and as you can see there is barely anything left a couple of calendars and a potted plant and that is about. counterterrorism chief has revealed that britain has the highest number of islamist extremists in all of europe. was. a member of the white yeah we only got black people right and a police lieutenant in the united states has been fired after dash cam video showed him assuring a woman during a traffic stop the police only kill black people. my name is neil harvey you're watching our international. artie's ridley video agency has filmed inside russia's trade mission in washington d.c. which was ordered shut by the state department along with two other russian diplomatic sites and as you

be in love with u.s. shale gas we've got a full report on that coming right up and the c.e.o. of this scandal ridden credit monitoring company equifax walked away with a massive pension after i had exposed the data of one hundred forty three million americans happen my gas explains how consumers can fight back down by boom bust first right now. it is tax reform time as health care stood dead in the water on capitol hill tuesday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said it himself where we go from here is tax reform fast forward twenty four hours and we've got our hands on a first edition blueprint of how the republicans plan to build that reform it's nine pages long and it's called the unified framework for fixing our broken tax code top line item income tax of course under current law as it stands now taxable income is subject to seven tax brackets the framework games to consolidate consolidate back down to three brackets taxed at twelve percent twenty five percent and then up to thirty five percent the plan does pitch also the idea of a fourth tax bracket for higher earners o

the u.s. role there. it will explososives how involv, how directly involved united states is in the war r in yemen. amy: can you talk about this direct hit that happened, who buthaina is, the five-year-old girl, and what exactly happened to her family? >> there was so much attention in the air world because there was a tv interview. some tv reporter went to the hospital to check on her. whois a five-year-old girl just came out of this huge attack that killed 17 civilians, including her entire family. so the reporter talks to her and asks her about her family. she answers with her innocence, she says her family went to heaven. she tries to open her eyes, but she can't open them because she is injured. so she uses her fingers to open her eyelids. and that one picture of her opening her eyelids with her little fingegers ended up being this iconic photo. it went viral. it is a symbolic photo of a child seeing the world, let people talk about the famous eyes seeing the world through famous eyes. it got a lot of attention in the airborne and social media and even in mainstream media. we k

right now are people in puerto rico still hopeful that the u.s. government is going to provide aid to them. oh yeah i think most people feel the u.s. is partly responsible for what happened. was over the hard. no responsible for what happens in the going terms that we are america. and also because. the recall is you know a us territory a colony of the us. a lot of what has happened because of the here it cane is just. the worst part of a crises that we have been living for the best eleven years ago and economic crises . were lots of people have come have migrated from forgotten us of people have lost their jobs. we have being living a very good but only situation we have a year or so now with the here and maria. it's just like. the turning point for or for the situation where the legal thank god otherwise. yeah definitely definitely and transfer response to hurricane relief in puerto rico has been controversial what is the feeling toward him at the moment in puerto rico. and frankly i i think that most of the people don't even know he will be here in a few days because they don't have

hurricane maria the caribbean island is a u.s. territory and its people are u.s. citizens trump has responded by saying he's considering waving a little known federal that bribe its foreign flag ship through shocking goods between u.s. ports meanwhile puerto ricans are doing their best to get by with no power and no clean water this is kind of on us one week after hurricane maria and the efforts to clean up the rebuilding tentative most people here still just trying to survive federal emergency teams are going from house to house trying to assess people's needs but the scale of the task is huge mud and sewage block the streets the power grid is almost completely gone there are no communications and almost half of puerto rico's three point four million people don't even have clean water. to go. through and this is the first water tank of those have seen in this area it's the first. time they didn't bring any water to this place. that's why you're seeing people going crazy like this. when they say the aids coming from the us but i still haven't got any. the u.s. government has dispatc

serves as a demarcation line between government allied forces and the u.s. backed rebels. more than one hundred thousand protesters in bangladesh's capital have demonstrated in support of a hinge of refugees they marched towards me and mars embassy in dhaka to protest against the country's crackdown on the muslim minority group but they were stopped by police north korea has once again dismissed that sanctions against it as a quote host of hostile acts and warned that it will spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force in another show of force against pyongyang though u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea and japan china has called on all parties to avoid threatening actions i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour coming up next it's the street thanks for watching by. hi emily could be last and then missing and you're in the streams live on al-jazeera and you tube from cuba to the u.s. and british virgin islands hurricane armada wreaked havoc across the caribbean turning lush landscapes into barren land an

sunday's independence referendum while the region's president. u.s. officials are backtracking on claims that russian hackers targeted voting systems in the state of wisconsin admitting that there's no evidence. capitalizing on the korea crisis the japanese prime minister. as his handling of the situation sees his ratings saw we look at the stakes. in the russian capital. headquarters in the russian capital with your news this hour a lot to get through as well first to syria their ambassador to the u.n. is accusing the united states of trying to take credit for the operation to retake the city of david saw. the u.s. coalition and rebel militias they support halted their operation in iraq which was a stronghold of eisel and through their forces behind trying to push the syrian army out of the areas or as if the americans were competing with the syrian government over control of the areas or instead of fighting ice and rock. the remaining terrorists india and saw are now surrounded by both the syrian army and u.s. backed kurdish forces our correspondent more i have reports from the

u.s. health secretary resigns following a scandal over his use of private jets. i can't think of anything more exciting than going out there and becoming a star on the boss of space x. unveils a plan that could take you to any city on earth by a rocket and. the un human rights council is sending a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen and examine possible human rights violations by all sides in the conflict the resolution follows intense closed door negotiations and represents the highest level of scrutiny of a largely overlooked war in one of the poorest countries. reports. the decision has been described as a game changer the un's human rights council will send a delegation to investigate a possible war crimes in yemen more than ten thousand civilians have died since the country's devastating war started in two thousand and fifteen and that number could rise the international community faces several urgent tasks in yemen including the protection safety and security of civilians the u.n. delegation is expected to investigate attacks on schools markets and even hospital

thousand kilometers it's a sign of defiance against the u.s. . i'm a money it's good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel and her main challenge a mock to ensure we're out on their final day of campaigning before germans go to the polls on sunday and womack hill has a comfortable lead in the polls she's not taking any chances meeting voters in her home district in north eastern germany to pound home the message one last. the chancellor angela merkel doesn't have to worry about keeping her campaign alive as she practiced the c.p.i. . and rates voters inched while so and her constituency in eastern germany after all her conservatives have a healthy lead in the polls and merkel looks set to become chancellor for the fourth time. i think she has done a good job so far and that the results are tomorrow's general election will be pretty clear. but it's almost certain that the christian democrats might get enough votes to govern on their own. one possible coalition partner the free market free democrats their leader christian in the last campaign day pitching for a comeback the f

korea says it's tested a hydrogen pom, its most powerful nuclear test ever. the u.s. responds with a fresh warning to the kim jong un regime. north korea claims it tested a bomb that can be mounted on a missile. it's the first nuclear test since president trump took office. defense secretary james mattis did not mince words during a statement he made outside the white house this afternoon when he warned any north korean threats to the u.s. or its allies will be met with, quote, a massive military response. watch. >> we had a small group, national security meeting today with the president and the vice president about the latest provocation on the korean peninsula. way have many military options. the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. we made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan, from any attack. and our commitments among the allies are ironclad. any threat to the united states or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. ki

is it will fail. her. u.s. acuity service is planned to raid russia's san francisco consulates according to the foreign ministry in moscow the move could pose a direct threat to the safety of russian diplomats and their families. policy is searching for any relatives of two more children the suspected deisel fighters the youngest is a two disc to speak after what they've been through. the news no. one . has up to twenty five thousand radical islamists that's according to peace counter-terror coordinator more than any other country in the european. good afternoon welcome it's just turned two o'clock here in moscow you're watching international our top story this hour u.s. security services are reportedly planning to search the russian consulate in san francisco which was closed on washington's orders as part of the ongoing diplomatic route between the two countries russia's foreign ministry says such searches pose a threat to the safety of diplomats and their families the u.s. security service intends to raid the general consummating san francisco at some time by the second incl